Darnell Ferguson

May 25, 2019

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of interviews with local chefs. Darnell Ferguson has seen his share of ups and downs, from going awry as a youth to watching his St. Matthews restaurant be destroyed in a fire three years ago. But...

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Darnell Ferguson and his SuperChefs concept have had their ups and downs over the last year-plus, after opening the restaurant in its original location, losing it to a massive fire, then reopening in the Highlands. Ferguson is hoping for another “up” as he unveils DINNER, intended...

Last July, Chef Darnell Ferguson was celebrating the opening of SuperChefs, a restaurant concept he’d spent several years developing. In January, a fire gutted the St. Matthews space, taking the adjacent Chef Maria’s Greek Deli with it and leaving many to wonder if either...

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If a country song writer could hear the story of Darnell Ferguson’s bizarre and unfolding life, he’d commit it straight to staff paper. Surely there’s a Tom T. Hall in waiting who’s ready to make a hit single out of the torrid and triumphant tales...

Darnell Ferguson got the call about 6 in the morning Sunday, Jan. 10: SuperChefs, the St. Matthews restaurant created and co-owned by him, Ryan Bryson and Rodney White, had suffered a devastating fire. The same for Chef Maria’s Greek Deli next door. The two...

After talking with Super Chefs main man Darnell Ferguson prior to the opening of his superhero-themed restaurant in St. Matthews, I was intrigued not just by the theme but by the creativity I found on the menu. Super Chefs (which is sometimes spelled as SuperChefs...

Darnell Ferguson didn’t really want to keep moving SuperChefs, the pop-up breakfast concept he launched with longtime friend Ryan Bryson. But the businesses that played host to the mini-restaurant kept either losing their leases or going out of business. SuperChefs jumped from mornings at Chicago...

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